largeNoun1. a garment size for a large person (hypernym) sizeAdjective1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" (synonym) big (antonym) small, little (similar) ample, sizable, sizeable (attribute) size2. fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations" (similar) significant, important3. large enough to be visible to the naked eye (synonym) macroscopic, macroscopical (similar) megascopic, gross4. ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" (synonym) bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid (similar) rhetorical5. generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" (synonym) big, magnanimous (similar) generous6. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" (synonym) big, prominent (similar) conspicuous, obvious7. having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" (similar) comprehensive8. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" (synonym) big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p) (similar) pregnantAdverb1. at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)2. with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"3. in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" (synonym) boastfully, vauntingly, big